Day 3 - business as usual

My colleague and I tried to resume our normal pace of working life, you know, like going for tea breaks twice a day, that kind of thing. However, my stomach insists on growling during Singapore's meal times, and my brain insists on shutting down after 6 pm Singapore time as well.

Otherwise things were going fine.

The staff of the company I'm attached to are very friendly. They told us to help ourselves to the pantry, taught us how to use the washing machine in the office pantry (free laundry!), and mostly how to get around in Paris.

After work, we went down to the hypermarket again. I'm beginning to get an idea of how it feels like to be the-only-man-in-the-house (instead of just a man-of-the-house).

The weather was pretty cold in the morning, a little colder than the aircon in my office at its maximum effect but I could still survive 15 minutes of it in my usual work attire (long sleeved shirt and pants), assuming there wasn't any strong winds.

The winds make a really big difference. It makes you feel just like you're at Genting Highlands.

On the other hand, the office gets really hot in the afternoon due to the heater. In fact, it feels like I'm back in Singapore, where the weather makes everyone feel lethargic. I'd rather they keep things a little cool. The heat makes me feel sleepy.

It'll probably be a while before I remember that I'm in Paris instead of a place where people 'air-condition' the exterior while the interior feels as though it has been absorbing hours of infra-red from the sun.